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Buc-ee’s grand opening in Rockingham County
The first Virginia location of the favored journey middle opened close to Mount Crawford on June 30.
Norwalk needs a Buc-ee’s and is asking for the general public’s assist to make it occur.
The metropolis’s mayor and Economic Development Department are asking the journey middle chain to think about making Norwalk house to what could be Buc-ee’s first Iowa location. The metropolis is directing folks to an internet petition and marketing campaign to do precisely that — “Bring a Buc-ees to Norwalk, Iowa.”
The Texas-based chain has been constructing additional north with a deliberate massive gasoline station and comfort retailer in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, and west, with the corporate taking a look at a journey middle in Meridian, Idaho. But the model identified for its long-line of gasoline pumps, clear restrooms — “the cleanest restrooms in America,” in accordance with Buc-ee’s web site — and beaver-themed merchandise has up to now handed on Iowa.
Norwalk Mayor Tom Phillips needs to alter that.
“I’ve seen our community grow, thrive, and dream big — but now it’s time to dream even bigger. Picture this: you’re cruising along I-35, and just off the exit, you’re welcomed not only by our hometownpride, but by the legendary beaver of Buc-ee’s,” Phillips mentioned in a information launch.
The metropolis touted the concept as a “transformative project” that might gasoline financial growth and tourism because the Buc-ee’s serves native residents and interstate vacationers. In alternate, Norwalk mentioned it could actually supply Buc-ee’s “ideal access, high visibility, and strong infrastructure.”
What’s subsequent? The metropolis is asking folks to unfold the phrase on social media and signal the online petition on change.org created by a Norwalk Economic Development Department employees member. The petition can be obtainable via a Bring Buc-ee’s to Iowa Facebook Page.
Buc-ee’s has a cult following. Videos from current openings this summer season of areas in Rockingham County, Virginia, and Pass Christian, Mississippi — these states’ first Buc-ee’s — confirmed enthusiastic folks lining up outdoors of forward of the grand openings, grabbing procuring carts and shopping for up merchandise.
The closest Buc-ee’s to Des Moines is in Springfield, Missouri. The retailer, about 361 miles away, opened in December 2023 after greater than a yr of building. The subsequent closest is about 760 miles away in Crossville, Tennessee.
The proposed Wisconsin retailer could be nearer at about 305 miles away.
Phillip Sitter covers the suburbs for the Des Moines Register. Phillip might be reached through electronic mail at [email protected]. Find out extra about him on-line within the Register’s employees listing.
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